nelsma292 Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 Ok, probably a simple question for anyone with any experience, but I'm a dope. Anyway, I bought a computer, and right from the factory they must have screwed up the heatsink, because I had to reinstall the factory heatsink just to get it to run. But it was running on the hot side, givin' me instability. So I decided to reinstall the heatsink from the place I had put the computer together, with some arctic silver. I'm fairly sure I did it properly, and now i'm runnin 48 to 53 or so Celsius. K, onto my question. With all this messing around, and me not bein smart enough to keep tabs on what exactly I bought, how do I find out what speed my CPU is? I mean, i ran 3Dmark, but that speed can change if I change my FSB settings? I'm sure there's somewhere that tells me what speed the actual chip is , I'm just not finding it. Thanks for you time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakman Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 If you're using Winxp, go to the control panel and click on system, it will tell you what processor you are using along with the speed. I think that you could do the same in Win98, but can't remember. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkos Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 that will work also just right click "my computer and go to properties and it will tell you cpu speed and ram in your system Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsma292 Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 The only thing is, that if I change my FSB settings, doesn't that also change the speed that it gives me? Or is there a defaul FSB setting that will tell you what the chips is actually at? I'm running at 142 FSB, and the chip is running 2200+, 1.85GHZ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mist Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 U need to set everything to default to find out what type it truly is. Or u could open it up and get the number of ur cpu and do a search on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakman Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 The only thing is, that if I change my FSB settings, doesn't that also change the speed that it gives me? Or is there a defaul FSB setting that will tell you what the chips is actually at? I'm running at 142 FSB, and the chip is running 2200+, 1.85GHZ. If my math is correct you have a XP2100, 13x133=1730mhz. (13x142=1846mhz) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMB3017 Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 In WinXP and Win2000 maybe... Go to the command prompt thing, and type in "sysinfo" without the quotes. That will give you stuff from CPU speed to Network Adapters to system up time and lottsa goodies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mist Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 Not if it is oced and his is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
O(V)eGA_l2el) Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 You can also type dxdiag in the run command, that should give you some basic information ranging from sound,video,OSversions,etc or sysinfo would work too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General912 Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 devil its "systeminfo" not sysinfo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMB3017 Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 devil its "systeminfo" not sysinfo. My bad man, I haven't used the command in a while. Thanks for the catch! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost2520 Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 Or you could just go Start>Run> and type in dxdiag. That should help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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